http://www.webstandards.org Working together for standards Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:49:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The W3C recently announced an exciting new incubator group - The Open Web Education Alliance (OWEA) - that is certain to have a significant impact on helping web standards and best practices find their way into classrooms around the world. The mission of OWEA is to bring together companies, schools, ... http://www.webstandards.org/2009/06/29/introducing-the-open-web-education-alliance/ You've heard it's coming in 2012. Or maybe 2022. It's certainly not ready yet, but some parts are already in browsers now so for the standards-savvy developers, the future is worth investigating today. Ian "Hixie" Hickson, editor of the HTML 5 specification, hopes that the spec will go to ... http://www.webstandards.org/2009/05/13/interview-with-ian-hickson-editor-of-the-html-5-specification/ Work is well and truly underway to get WaSP InterAct translated into multiple languages. With an army of over thirty volunteers working in eighteen languages we hope to get localized versions of the Curriculum into schools colleges and universities near you soon. It's a huge project and we're looking for as ... http://www.webstandards.org/2009/05/11/interact-translations-and-localizations/ The editor of the HTML 5 spec, Ian Hickson, calls for input on issues in the spec—typos, contradictions, or simply confusing bits. If everything goes according to plan, all issues will get a response from the editor before October. He says The plan is to see whether we can shake down the ... http://www.webstandards.org/2009/04/02/1709/ Late yesterday, members of the Internet Information Security Consortium (I2SecC) working in conjunction with a cadre of white-hat hackers from around the globe were able to identify the purpose of the Conficker worm, which has been able to infect a large number of unprotected computers. Starting today, April 1, this ... http://www.webstandards.org/2009/04/01/purpose-of-conficker-worm-uncovered/ As you may have heard, yesterday marked the official release of Internet Explorer 8. This new version of the oft-reviled browser has a completely rewritten rendering engine that was built, from the ground up, with the CSS 2.1 spec in hand. Improvements in this version include the ... http://www.webstandards.org/2009/03/20/ie8-has-arrived/ It is with great pleasure that we unveil the WaSP InterAct Curriculum, an initiative that aims to unite industry, educators, and practitioners with one common goal: to improve the quality of education that the next generation of web professionals have available to them. Combining best practices in web design and ... http://www.webstandards.org/2009/03/16/the-dawn-of-the-education-era/ There are lots of great resources and blogs around the world in many languages that spread the word about web standards. Every once in a while however I see a new article in English and I think to myself "What a fantastic write-up, but I wish everyone could read it". ... http://www.webstandards.org/2009/02/27/translations-articles/ In December 2008 we saw the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 become an official World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Recommendation. However, the wheels of accessibility must roll on! Other areas that have significant accessibility implications are also moving forward with the W3C. Today the Protocols and Formats Working Group of ... http://www.webstandards.org/2009/02/24/wai-aria-last-call-and-safari-4/ When in Indonesia Bruce Lawson, co-lead of the Accessibility Task Force, got the opportunity to interview Widianto Nugroho from Institut Teknologi Bandung. What follows is the transcript of their chat as well as links to useful resources for anyone interested in web standards in Indonesia. Take it away Bruce! I was ... http://www.webstandards.org/2009/02/20/web-standards-in-indonesia-a-university-web-developer-perspective/